Article isolating shipping container



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Patented May 1,5, 14951` ARTICLE ISOLATING SHIPPING CONTAINER ,Gaylord Luth, Sandusky, ohio', assign@y to The Hnde &- Dauch Paper Company, Sandusky, Y Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application January 18, 1950, Serial No. 139,265

y y 3 Claims. (C1. 229-14) This invention relates to articleA isolating shipping containers and has for its object to provide a container which will support a fragile article in such manner as to protect it against damage.

inshipment and which is also designed to support heavy articles out of contact with the walls of the container and to brace the walls of the container in such manner that a relatively light paperboard carton may be used as a shipping container.

A further object of the invention is to provide an article isolating buffer of simple and inexpensive construction which can be quickly and easily assembled with the article to be shipped in a carton of conventional construction.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shipping container embodying the invention, a portion of the container being broken away and shown in section;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the container with a portion broken away and shown in section;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the article isolating buffers showing the manner in which paperboard partition and pocket forming members are joined together to form the buffer;

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the blank from which the partition member is formed; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the pocket member is formed.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is shown applied to a shipping container in the form of a conventional paperboard carton. This carton has end walls I and 2 which may be the top and bottom of the container, the end walls I and 2 being joined by enclosing walls 3 and 4, the walls 3 being the side Walls and the walls 4 the end walls of a rectangular enclosure.

The article to be shipped is supported Within the container by means of a pair of article isolating buier members positioned adjacent the end walls I and 2. The body of the buffer is in the form of a partition member 5 that has side flanges 6 and end flanges 'I which serve to space the partition from an end wall of the container. The partition member 5 is preferably formed of paperboard and, yas shown in Fig. 4, the side flanges 6 are joined to the body of the partition member by fold lines 8 and the flanges 1 are joined to the body of the partition member by fold lines 9. The corners of the blank are cut away to provide the flanges 6 and I with end edges IU and II which are close together and parallel when the flanges 6 and 'I are turned down to a position at right angles to the body of the partition as shown in Fig. 3.

To the inner face of the partition member 5 there is secured a pocket member also preferably formed of paperboard and forming an article positioning pocket having side walls I2 and I3 and end walls i4 and I5. rlhe pocket walls are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the partition member 5 and the pockets of the two op-A posed buffer members, which may be of identical construction, serve to position an article` centrally of the container and spaced from Vthe side and end walls 3 and 4 thereof.

AS shown in Fig. 5, the wams l2, I3, la and ls are connected by fold lines I6, I'I and I8, and the blank is formed with a longitudinal fold line I 9: that extends the full length thereof. The portion of the blank on the side of the fold line I9 opposite the portion forming the walls I2, I3, I4 and I5 is provided with slits 29, 2| and 22 which are alined with the fold lines I6, I1 and I8. The slits 20, 2l and 22 separate portions 23 and 24 which are connected to the walls I2, I3, I4 and I5 by the fold line I9. The fold lines I6, I'I and I8 permit the blank to be folded to form a rectangular pocket as shown in Fig. 3, with the walls I2 and I3 forming the sides of the pocket and the walls I4 and I5 forming the ends of the pocket. The fold line I9 permits the portions 23 and 24 to be bent at right angles to the walls I2, I3, I4 and I5 and the form anges which lie at upon the partition member 5.

The pocket wall I5 is joined to the pocket wall I2 by suitable means such as a tape 25 and the flanges 23 and 24 which form base flanges of the walls I2, I3, I4 and I5, are secured to the partition member 5 by suitable means such as staples 26. The Width of the anges 23 and 24 is such that their outer edges are flush with the side and end edges of the partition member 5, and the base lianges 23 and 24 together with the portions of the partition member to which they are attached provide a buiier between the pocket walls and the enclosing walls of the shipping container.

In assembling the buffer members with the article to be ship-ped in the shipping container, the bottom buifer member is placed in the container with the outer faces of the flanges 6 and 1 in engagement with the container walls 3 and 4 and the edges of the flanges 6 and 'I in engagement with the end wall 2 of the container. An article may then be placed in the pocket formed by the Walls I2, I3, I4 and I5 of the buffer member within the receptacle and a similar buer Vwith its pocket receiving the upper end of the article, after which the cover of the receptacle may be secured in place.

The anges of the partition members space the partitions from the end walls of the shipping container and the partition members brace the enclosing wallet/of. the container `fand also serve as buffers to protect fthe article against damage lby impacts against the sides of the container. The base anges of the pocket members, which ex tend from the pocket outwardly to the `edges wof the partition members, additionally brace the side walls and add to the rigidity ofthe fbuier;

It is to be understood that :invaccordance-with the provisions of the patent statutes, variations and modifications of the specific devices her-ten?. shown and described may be made without'd' parting from the spirit of the invention. 'A

Y What I claim is: i

:lf 'The combination with ,a shipping lcontainer having :endrvalis and enclnsing wails connecting the end Walls and angularly disposed with re.- spect'gto vone another, of a pair of articleisolatine piliers, one adjacent-each end wail, each of Y Said, bllfils Comprising a Apartition member 'shaped to t within said venclosing Walls and having spacing flanges along Vits edges, each .with an outer face engaging an enclosing wall and an edge engaging an yend wall, and a pocket forming ,member having connected walls forming -an article positioning pocket spaced inwardly from theedgesof said partition member, eachof'said pocket walls having an integral base flange lying upon and attached tosaidpartition member, each of .said -base anges extending Ato anYedge-of said partition member and'forming therewith a -buier 4 of double thickness between the pocket and enclosing wall.

2. An article isolating buffer for shipping containers comprising a partition member having marginal spacing anges on one side thereof, and a pocket forming member on the opposite side of the partition member, said pocket forming member'having walls projecting from the partition -member and 'forming an article positioning Kpocket spaced inwardly from the margin of said .partition member, each pocket wall having an integral base harige resting upon said partition member and attacl'e'd` thereto, each base iiange extending to the margin of said partition member l-and form'ing Withthe partition member a buffer portion vof 'double 'thickness outwardly of each rocket 3. article isolating buier for shipping containers comprising a substantially flat paperboard partition member of rectangular form having spacing yflanges yof uniform height extending the full length of each side yedge and projecting in Ithe Ysame directionat right angles to the partition member, andra one-.piece paperboard pocket forming member having connected walls pro.- jecting from the .partition member and forming an :article .positioning pocket inwardly of the edges of ,the partition member, each pocket wall having a base ange resting upon vand attached to said partition member, each base ange lex,- tending outwardly from its pocket wall to an edge .of vsaid partition 4member to provide .a buier .of ydouble .thickness outwardly of veach pocket wall. Y

` GAYLORD LOTH.

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